Sammy Taylor

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 185lb (188cm, 83kg)

Born: February 27, 1933 in Woodruff, SC us

Died: October 8, 2019 in Woodruff, SC

Buried: Chattanooga National Cemetery, Chattanooga, TN

High School: Woodruff HS (Woodruff, SC)

Debut: April 20, 1958 (Age 25-052d, 11,531st in major league history)
vs. STL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 6, 1963 (Age 30-160d)
vs. BAL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1958 season

Full Name: Samuel Douglas Taylor

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.2

1263

309

.245

127

RBI

147

OBP

.313

SLG

.375

OPS

.688

OPS+

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 33 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 2 walk-off, 3 tying, 17 go ahead

2 Tms
CHC	30
NYM	3

Platoon
vs RHP	33

Home/Road
Home	20
Away	13

Outs
2	13
0	11
1	9

7 Opps
LAD	7
PHI	7
STL	6
CIN	5
MLN	5
PIT	2
SFG	1

24 Pitchers
Don Drysdale	4
Lindy McDaniel	2
Rubén Gómez	2
Bob Buhl	2
Jack Sanford	2
Gene Conley	2
Bob Purkey	2
Larry Jackson	1
Turk Farrell	1
Carl Willey	1
Sherman Jones	1
Phil Ortega	1
Don Newcombe	1
Lew Burdette	1
Jay Hook	1
Sam Jones	1
Jim Owens	1
Ray Washburn	1
Bob Friend	1
Humberto Robinson	1
Ed Roebuck	1
Ernie Broglio	1
Jim Golden	1
Ron Kline	1

9 Parks
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	18
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	3
LA Coliseum (LOS)	3
Polo Grounds (NYC)	2
County Stad (MIL)	2
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	2
Crosley Fld (CIN)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1
3Com Park (SFO)	1

Where Hit
9	15
7	8
8	4
78	2
89	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	29
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	20
1--	10
-2-	2
12-	1

47 RBI
RISP	3
0 on	20
1 on	12
2 on	1
Any on	13

Inning
1	1
2	5
3	3
5	3
6	5
7	8
8	5
9	3

1-3	9
4-6	8
7-end	16

RelScore
+4..	1
+1	1
Tied	12
-1	8
-2	4
-3	5
-4..	2

Ahead	2
Tied	12
Behind	19

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
C	32
PH	1

OrderPos
7th	15
8th	13
5th	3
4th	1
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	13
Medium Lev	10
Low Lev	10

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1958	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1958-04-30	CHC		MLN	Bob Buhl	behind 0-1	b 3	0	-2-	2	8	2	0.167	67%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Thomson Scores
2	2	2	1	1958-05-09	CHC	@	STL	Sam Jones	behind 0-3	t 7	2	1--	2	8	2	0.153	23%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Long Scores
3	3	3	1	1958-06-22 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	Don Newcombe	behind 2-3	t 6	2	12-	3	7	2	0.416	75%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Walls Scores; D. Long Scores
4	4	4	1	1958-06-24	CHC	@	PHI	Jack Sanford	ahead 1-0	t 7	1	1--	2	7	2	0.190	89%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Long Scores
5	5	5	1	1958-07-25 (1)	CHC	@	MLN	Humberto Robinson	tied 4-4	t 8	2	---	1	7	2	0.304	73%		Home Run (Deep RF)
6	6	6	1	1958-08-20 (1)	CHC		PIT	Ron Kline	behind 1-3	b 7	0	---	1	8	2	0.145	35%		Home Run
1959	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1959-05-03 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	Rubén Gómez	tied 1-1	t 5	2	---	1	8	2	0.152	60%		Home Run (Deep LF)
8	8	2	1	1959-05-19	CHC		PHI	Turk Farrell	tied 4-4	b 8	2	---	1	8	2	0.323	85%		Home Run (Deep CF)
9	9	3	1	1959-06-04	CHC	@	PHI	Gene Conley	tied 0-0	t 6	0	---	1	8	2	0.163	66%		Home Run (Deep RF)
10	10	4	1	1959-06-10	CHC		CIN	Bob Purkey	behind 0-4	b 5	1	1--	2	8	2	0.131	25%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Altman Scores
11	11	5	1	1959-06-21	CHC		PHI	Rubén Gómez	tied 0-0	b 3	0	1--	2	8	2	0.177	77%		Home Run (Deep CF); D. Long Scores
12	12	6	1	1959-07-15	CHC		MLN	Carl Willey	tied 0-0	b 3	1	---	1	8	2	0.123	65%		Home Run (Deep RF)
13	13	7	1	1959-07-29	CHC	@	MLN	Lew Burdette	behind 4-6	t 7	0	---	1	7	2	0.125	29%		Home Run
14	14	8	1	1959-08-05	CHC		PHI	Gene Conley	behind 3-4	b 7	1	---	1	8	2	0.243	55%		Home Run (Deep RF)
15	15	9	1	1959-08-12	CHC		LAD	Don Drysdale	ahead 4-0	b 1	0	---	1	5	2	0.043	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
16	16	10	1	1959-09-09 (1)	CHC		CIN	Bob Purkey	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---	1	7	2	0.115	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
17	17	11	1	1959-09-16 (2)	CHC		PIT	Bob Friend	tied 2-2	b 9	0	1--	2	7	2	0.292	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run; L. Jackson Scores
18	18	12	1	1959-09-18	CHC		PHI	Jim Owens	behind 2-4	b 8	0	---	1	7	2	0.140	30%		Home Run (Deep LF)
19	19	13	1	1959-09-25	CHC		LAD	Don Drysdale	behind 2-4	b 7	0	---	1	7	2	0.145	35%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
1960	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
20	20	1	1	1960-06-04	CHC	@	LAD	Ed Roebuck	behind 5-11	t 8	2	---	1	9	PH	0.004	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
21	21	2	1	1960-09-28	CHC	@	SFG	Jack Sanford	tied 3-3	t 6	1	-2-	2	7	2	0.252	78%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Santo Scores
22	22	3	1	1960-09-30	CHC	@	LAD	Jim Golden	behind 3-4	t 7	1	1--	2	8	2	0.361	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Will Scores
1961	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	1961-04-14	CHC		MLN	Bob Buhl	behind 1-2	b 9	2	1--	2	8	2	0.901	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep CF); A. Heist Scores
24	24	2	1	1961-05-14	CHC	@	LAD	Don Drysdale	behind 5-8	t 8	2	---	1	8	2	0.042	8%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
25	25	3	1	1961-06-27	CHC		CIN	Jay Hook	tied 4-4	b 5	1	1--	2	7	2	0.230	80%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Bouchee Scores
26	26	4	2	1961-06-27	CHC		CIN	Sherman Jones	behind 7-10	b 9	2	---	1	7	2	0.010	2%		Home Run (Deep RF)
27	27	5	1	1961-07-02	CHC		STL	Lindy McDaniel	behind 4-5	b 6	0	---	1	7	2	0.181	58%		Home Run (Deep CF-RF)
28	28	6	2	1961-07-02	CHC		STL	Lindy McDaniel	behind 6-7	b 7	1	1--	2	7	2	0.403	77%		Home Run (Deep RF Line); R. Santo Scores
29	29	7	1	1961-09-14 (1)	CHC	@	STL	Ernie Broglio	behind 0-3	t 2	2	1--	2	7	2	0.152	36%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Santo Scores
30	30	8	1	1961-09-30	CHC		LAD	Phil Ortega	behind 0-1	b 2	2	---	1	7	2	0.113	51%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
1962	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
31	31	1	1	1962-07-01	NYM	@	LAD	Don Drysdale	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	5	2	0.110	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
32	32	2	1	1962-07-07 (1)	NYM		STL	Larry Jackson	behind 0-3	b 6	2	---	1	4	2	0.083	20%		Home Run (Deep RF)
33	33	3	1	1962-07-07 (2)	NYM		STL	Ray Washburn	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1	5	2	0.109	64%		Home Run (Deep LF)

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Summary of 33 Home Runs

0 leading off, 2 walk-off, 3 tying, 17 go ahead

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